Jefferies Reaffirms Their Sell Rating on Microsoft Corp

About 48,448 shares traded. The stock has been active on the tape, now trading at $72.78, up from yesterday's close by 1.41%. The stock rose 0.74% or $0.66 reaching $90.04 per share. The average is taken over a specific period of time, like 10 days, 20 minutes, 30 weeks, or any time period the trader chooses. It has outperformed by 36.40% the S&P500.

Great Lakes Advisors Llc decreased Microsoft Corp (MSFT) stake by 0.91% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. The company's stock had a trading volume of 25,868,086 shares. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. The firm has a market cap of $563.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.2303 and a beta of 1.00. The stock rose 0.23% or $0.17 reaching $72.95. The total number of Outstanding Shares is 7.72 Billion.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) opened at 72.78 on Monday. It has outperformed by 17.82% the S&P500.

Since January 30, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 14 insider sales for $2.55 billion activity. 4,927 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares with value of $338,709 were sold by Capossela Christopher C. Morfit G Mason sold $696.54M worth of stock or 11.00M shares. COURTOIS JEAN PHILIPPE also sold $1.81M worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Thursday, May 25.

Analysts await Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to report earnings on July, 20 after the close. During the same period a year ago, the firm earned $0.62 EPS. HXL's profit will be $62.83 million for 19.70 P/E if the $0.69 EPS becomes a reality. Analysts are forecasting earnings of $0.71 on a per share basis this quarter. Pacific Crest reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $78.00 target price (up previously from $70.00) on shares of Microsoft Corporation in a report on Friday, April 28th. Therefore 83% are positive. Microsoft Corporation's payout ratio is 69.03%. On Thursday, July 6 the stock rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity with "Hold". Northland Capital initiated Financial Engines Inc (NASDAQ:FNGN) on Tuesday, March 15 with "Outperform" rating. Raymond James upgraded the stock to "Strong Buy" rating in Monday, November 30 report. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with "Buy" rating and $58.0 target in Friday, October 23 report.

Analysts expect Financial Engines Inc (NASDAQ:FNGN) to report $0.25 EPS on August, 1.They anticipate $0.06 EPS change or 31.58% from last quarter's $0.19 EPS. As per Friday, January 27, the company rating was upgraded by Citigroup. State Street Corp now owns 316,129,357 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $19,644,277,000 after buying an additional 8,757,128 shares during the last quarter. The company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $70.85. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned "Strong-Buy" rating by Vetr on Wednesday, September 2. See which 3 stocks are most likely to make moves following their insider activities. The California-based Jackson Square Prtn Ltd Co has invested 5.05% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

In Business Software & Services Industry, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) have 7.61 billion outstanding shares now held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.95 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.11, from 0.84 in 2016Q3.

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of MSFT. 155 funds opened positions while 739 raised stakes. Vision stated it has 47,191 shares. Finemark Natl National Bank holds 0% or 1,558 shares in its portfolio. Patriot Wealth reported 2.11% stake. Trust Department Mb Bankshares N A reported 0.19% stake. It also reduced Qcom (Call) (NASDAQ:QCOM) stake by 170,600 shares and now owns 120,000 shares. BROD FRANK H sold 7,500 shares worth $490,125.

Microsoft Corporation is a technology company. First Foundation accumulated 1.35M shares. Wellington Mgmt Gp Inc Limited Liability Partnership holds 2.12% or 135.85M shares. 38,770 were accumulated by Ironsides Asset Ltd Liability Com. Ithaka Ltd Liability reported 0.08% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). RBC Capital Markets maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rating on Monday, May 29. The stock of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.

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The Gap, Inc. (NYSE:GPS) yearly performance is 0.30% and net profit margin is 4.50%. Therefore 28% are positive. Financial Engines had 7 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel.

According to Yahoo Finance, The Dividend Date for Microsoft Corp is Sep 14, 2017 and its Ex-Dividend Date is Aug 15, 2017. The company was downgraded on Wednesday, May 4 by Robert W. Baird. The company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $71.18. Deutsche Bank has "Buy" rating and $35 target. The stock of Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) earned "Buy" rating by Credit Suisse on Friday, May 26.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1 in Q4 2016. Its up 1.00, from 0.75 in 2016Q3. Silver Point Capital L.P., a Connecticut-based fund reported 1.60 million shares. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 216,507 shares of the company's stock, valued at $14,962,798.77. Royal Bancorp Of Canada invested in 25,847 shares or 0% of the stock. Aqr Capital Limited Liability stated it has 0.08% of its portfolio in Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc (NYSE:Q). Sterling Capital Mngmt Limited Liability holds 1.13% or 1.09 million shares. Utah Retirement has 0.01% invested in RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) for 10,107 shares. The company has market cap of $671.98 million.